No. 37 Kazusa awabi tori 上総あわびとり (Abalone from Kazusa), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852 (12th month)

Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Woman with blackened teeth and shaved eyebrows (inset: a half-naked man beneath the water, diving for abalone). Date: 1852 (12th month). Dimensions: Height: 37.50 centimetres; ; Width: 25.70 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. No. 37 Kazusa awabi tori 上総あわびとり (Abalone from Kazusa) (BM 2008,3037.02129 1)

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Author: Print artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) Print artist: Yoshitori Published by: Yamaguchiya Tobei (山口屋藤兵衛)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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